The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
Local and General News.

| On Dec. 1 Florida rates advance. They are
now $40. 90 after that date they will be $49. 90.
Before the close of the year every county in
| Kansas will have completed line OF railroad
within Its hmits.
| Tuesday last there were fifteen miles of
| freight trains the Nckelplate road, between
Chicago and Buffalo.
The Western lines in the Pennsylvania system
made a better financial exhibit for October than
| the Pennsylvania main line
The friends of the projected Anderson & Shell
| byville road have revived the scheme, and there
| is some prospect that the line will be built.
In October. 1856. the Pennsylvania road was
operated 60. per cent. of the gross earnings;
in October of this year. with larger volume of
business, they were 65.7 per cent
The management of the New York Central
road have. shown their appreciation of the
services of Henry Monet, general passenger
agent by advancing his salary s.. 800 per annum.
1t is stated that the financial EN- barrassment
of Mercer, Bullock q Co.. who were to build the
New Albany q Vlncennes road, has been re-
lieved, and that work OF the new road will soon
be resumed.
Four hundred loads Of jackson coal is now
shipped daily from the mines the Ohio
Southern road. About so per cent of the ship
ments come west, to points touched by the l., B.
B. q w. road
The Atlantic & Pacific people are arranging
with the Pullman company to furnish additional
rolling stock to accommodate the great rush of
passengers and heavy shipments of freight to
the Pacific coast
The Pennsylvania lines west of Pttsburg in
the month of October earned a surplus over all
liabilities of $3.50. 4So. Increase this year, SIC
225 Since jan. the surplus over all liabilities
is sl,3l6, AS. Increase this year. 81. IA $50
Work the Louisville. ST. Louis & Texas
road has been stopped indefinitely Agreements
have not been met in paying for the right of
way, contractors unable to get their money,
and on the portion of the road in operation the
company is in arrears to its employees three
months.
II ia stated that neither the PENNSYLVANIA
lines nor the Lakes Shore road making any
effort to secure export business. except pro-
visions This class of traffic they still give
good deal of attention to, but their cars can be
used to better advantage in local business than
in hauling export grain and flour at present
rates.
Arrangements making to greatly increase
the elegance and the train service over the lines
running from the Southwest to tho seaboard.
AS elegant equipments are to be put on and as
fast tirae made as is made between Chicago and
the seaboard. This will draw first-class travel
which has been going By way of Chicago over
Indianapolis lines.
Fifteen months ago the New York Central
was the only road in this country which had an
important mileage of four tracks. Now the
New York & New Haven has twenty-three
miles and soon will have fifty miles of four
track road. and the Pennsylvania will have four
tracks the entire distance from New York to
Philadelphia within a few weeks.
The stockholders of the Dayton. Fort Wayne
& Chicago which is the Dayton & Chicago and
the Dayton 81 Ironton roads consolidated will
meet next Monday to to create a bonded
debt on the road of $3.50 000 to be used in i'm
proving and equipping the road. G. W. Fair
banks. of this city. is one of the largest stock
holders. he and his friends. in fact, owning the
controlling stock. This road is said now be
hauling moro coal into Dayton than all the other
roads centerns there
Becoming convinced that the l. & St. L. was
to suffer IN its business from the drought along
its line for months past, Albert S. White, gener-
al freight agent OF the road, struck out into ter